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Lawrence Darnell

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Lawrence Darnell
b. 31 January 1831, Indiana
d. 20 September 1900, Wellfleet, Lincoln County, Nebraska

m. 18 November 1858, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri
Melissa Setters
b. 1 November 1844, Illinois
d. 14 February 1898, Wellfleet, Lincoln County, Nebraska

Children with Melissa Setters:

  • Sarah C.
  • William Henry
  • Mary E.
  • Zebiah Fanny
  • Jasper Newton
  • Melissa E.
  • Lawrence Walter
  • Luther
  • John

Lawrence emigrated from Indiana by 1850 to Novinger, Adair County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Michael R. Darnel
Granger IN

George Washington Culberson/Culbertson

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George Washington Culberson/Culbertson
b. 3 August 1816, Indiana
d. 11 October 1887, Clinton County, Ohio

m. 21 December 1837, Clinton County, Ohio
Priscilla Stewart
b. 23 February 1821, Greene County, Ohio
d. 7 April 1879, Jasper, Fayette County, Ohio

Children with Priscilla Stewart:

  • William (1839–1907) married Ann Rebecca Hall
  • Emily (1843–1861) married Edmund Barrett Thorp
  • Ann Eliza (1845–1920) married William G. Pope
  • James (1847–1872)
  • Diana (1850–1944) married Joseph Wilson
  • George (1853–1905)
  • Jemima Rankin (1855–1940) married Cary Allen Wilson
  • David Henry (1857–1905) married Josephine Elizabeth Thompson
  • Isabella Jane (1860–1875)
  • Alice May (1864–1892) married James H. Hershey

George emigrated from Indiana before 1837 to Clinton County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Margaret Van Ness Nelson
Sanibel FL
E-mail: mvnelson@ix.netcom.com

William Henry Cozine

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William Henry Cozine 
b. 15 July 1819, Kentucky, to George Cozine and Charity Banta
d. 3 October 1889, Napa, Califonnia

m. August 1868, Antioch, Contra Costa, California
Margaret Jane Brooks
b. 22 December 1847, Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, to Hiram and Isabella Jane (Clendenin) Brooks
d. 8 June 1918, San Francisco, California

Children with Margaret Jane Brooks:

  • Mary (b. 1871) married [–?–] Cook
  • William Henry (1872–1964) married Catherine Lowe
  • George H. (1875–1953)
  • Charlotte May (1876–1938) married [–?–] Agnew
  • Garrett B. (b. 1879) married Rose Joaquin
  • Martha (b. 1880) married Emanuel Marshall

William Henry Cozine crossed the plains to California in 1850, just before the admission of the state into the union.

Submitted by:
JoAnne Goodacre
Springfield VA

Charles E Cooper

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Charles E Cooper
b. 17 March 1870, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, to William and Elizabeth (Harness) Cooper
d. 11 September 1935, Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas

m. 7 October 1908, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas
Virtie Ann Rains
b. 3 April 1882, Dallas County, Missouri
d. 4 January 1931, Woodson County, Kansas

Children with Virtie Ann Rains:

  • Flossie Florence (b. 1911) married Walter Sherman Peek
  • Fred Elven (b. 1914)
  • Carl Doren

Charles emigrated from Howard County, Indiana, to Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas, in 1882. He walked behind the covered wagon driving livestock when his family migrated to Kansas. Although his father owned two sets of oxen, the boy’s favorites were Buck and Bright. His daughter, Flossie Florence, said that her father had told her that when his shoes wore out from all the walking, his parents had to wrap his feet in burlap sacks to keep them from freezing. The family arrived in Neosho Falls, Kansas, on Christmas Day, 1883.

Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL

James Cole

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James Cole
b. 24 May 1818, New Jersey or Pennsylvania to Hartshorn and Phebe Bird (Erickson) Cole
d. 1 May 1896, Texas County, Missouri

m. February 1840–41
Elizabeth Razor/Rasor
b. February between 1823 and 1826, Indiana
d. February 1899, Texas County, Missouri

James bought and sold land in Indiana by 1846 and moved to District 93, Shannon County, Missouri.

Children with Elizabeth Razor/Rasor:

  • Charles
  • Hartshorn
  • George
  • William
  • David
  • Mary Frances
  • James
  • Marion
  • Missouri Ann
  • Rhode Elizabeth
  • Alice Irene

Submitted by:
Louise C. England
Golden CO

Ollie Ray Buchanan

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Ollie Ray Buchanan
b. 28 February 1881, Eli, Russell County, Kentucky, to [–?–] and Rebecca (Rader) Buchanan
d. 15 April 1918, Russell County, Kentucky

m.
Lavinia “Viney” Conover
b. 22 January 1880, Russell County, Kentucky
d. 20 March 1912, Russell County, Kentucky

Children with Lavinia Conover:

  • Marion Thomas
  • George Albert
  • Leora

Ollie immigrated to Terre Haute, Indiana, from Russell County, Kentucky, in 1903 and returned to Russell County, Kentucky, about 1912.

Submitted by:
Carol Buchanan Susnick
Scottsburg IN

Ulrich Bruner, Jr.

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Ulrich Bruner, Jr.
b. 14 January 1827, Switzerland to Ulrich Bruner, Sr. and Magdelina Dilan
d. 11 June 1911, Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas

m. 1853, probably in Ohio
Magdelina Durler
b. 6 May 1831, Ohio
d. 15 March 1893, Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas

Children with Magdelina Durler:

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Marie B. Bruner
Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

Elizabeth Ann Brewer

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Elizabeth Ann Brewer
b. 24 July 1842, Indiana, to Wilson and Permelia (Mapes) Brewer
d. 4 December 1920, Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

m. 20 April 1861, Adair County, Iowa
James Sylvester McCall
b. 24 March 1840, Fulton County, Illinois
d. 31 July 1918, Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

Children with James McCall:

  • Charles
  • Thomas
  • Fred
  • James
  • Hattie
  • Effie

Elizabeth emigrated about 1860 from Indiana to Adair County, Iowa.

Submitted by:
Ronald F. Rittel
Des Moines IA 50316-1158

John H Bowers

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John H Bowers
b. 28 October 1829, Pennsylvania, to David (?) and Catherine (Grimes?) Bowers
d. about 1913, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m. 1 August 1853, Pennsylvania
Mary Elizabeth Burthruff/Rotroff
b. 9 October 1831, Pennsylvania, to George and Ellenor (Appenzeller) Ruthruff
d. about 1926, Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Children with Mary Elizabeth Burthruff/Rotroff:

  • George Jacob (1854-1936)
  • Catherine Elizabeth (b. 1856) married Floyd Campbell
  • Mary Ellen (1858-1927) married Nathan O. Peacock
  • Jane (b. 1859) married Benjamin Dunkelberger
  • Eurella J. (1860-1928)
  • Emma May (1863-1951) married George W. Jones
  • Martha Everett (1866-1933) married Frank Leighton Dunkelberger
  • John Nelson (1869-1952)

John immigrated to Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1854. He emigrated from Indiana to Dodge
City, Ford County, Kansas, in 1882. Eleanor (Appenzeller) Ruthruff wrote many letters to her daughter Mary (Ruthruff) Bowers in Kansas. They tell of the early life and people of North Judson, Indiana, from about 1889-1901.

Submitted by:
Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS

Caroline Amelia Bonnell

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Caroline Amelia Bonnell
b. 22 October 1821, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Stephen and Jane Donnington (Ashward) Bonnel
d. 11 January 1890, Peabody, Marion County, Kansas

m. 8 May 1836, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Stephen Manning Bishop
b. about 1812, Pennsylvania
d. after 1880

Children with Stephen Manning Bishop:

  • Jefferson (b. 1838)
  • Sylvanus (b. 1841)
  • Adeline (1850-1935) married Francis Marion Ayers
  • Stephen Winfield (b. 1848) married Catherine Armstrong
  • David (b. 1852) married Martha Dills
  • Elmira J. (b. 1854) married Thomas Tipton
  • Meriam (b. 1856)
  • Silas (b. 1858)
  • Delilah (b. 1860) married James E. Durham
  • Monroe (b. 1863)
  • Daniel S. (b. 1865)

Submitted by:
Linda Willman Wilson
Kansas City MO